Full-order sliding mode control for finite-time attitude tracking of rigid spacecraft

Zhuoyue Song, Chao Duan, Housheng Su*, Jinchang Hu

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Abstract

This study addresses an attitude tracking problem for a rigid spacecraft with bounded external disturbances. Attitude dynamics of the rigid spacecraft is modelled by a unit quaternion for global representation. Based on this representation, a novel continuous controller is proposed based on the full-order terminal sliding mode method. The finite-time stability of the closed-loop system is assured by Lyapunov and homogeneous finite-time stability theorems. Moreover, the singularity term in the terminal sliding surface is compensated by an identical item in the feedback control law, and this makes the closed-loop system trajectories converge to the equilibrium in finite-time, and hence a high precision is obtained. Finally, simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1086-1094
Number of pages9
JournalIET Control Theory and Applications
Volume12
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 May 2018

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Song, Z., Duan, C., Su, H., & Hu, J. (2018). Full-order sliding mode control for finite-time attitude tracking of rigid spacecraft. IET Control Theory and Applications, 12(8), 1086-1094. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cta.2017.0583